a kind of games, or combats, celebrated in Greece and Asia, in the time of the Roman emperors.

The victor at these games had very considerable privileges conferred on him, after the example of Augustus and the Athenians, who did the like to conquerors at the Olympic, Pythian, and Isthmian games. They were crowned on the spot immediately after their victory, had pensions allowed them, were furnished with provisions at the public cost, and were carried in triumph to their country.